The last end-of-year party started worse than the other parties.
Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, I heard one of the men say that he had heard that the air conditioner was not working.
It was only a matter of time before people started leaving using the poor indoor air quality as an excuse. There was no a/c representative that would be available for a/c service that late. We boasted of the best HVAC system with the most modern digital thermostat, and it was ready to embarrass us here. The need for a/c care couldn’t have come at a worse time. I was still determined to have a good time, but it was impossible since there was no party spirit. It all felt like a business meeting. When I saw our boss approaching us, I knew it would only be downhill from there. The shocking thing was she wanted to know what she could do to turn it into the wild parties they had in the eighties. Ten minutes later, a guy from the air conditioning company came to work on the air conditioner installation with the promise of extra payment for working so late. He came in a van that looked nothing like the air conditioning business vans I knew. While the air conditioning supplier was doing the a/c repair, his colleague asked the two of us to help him offload sound equipment. The deejay was all set up and ready in less than one hour. The a/c worker completed the a/c care plan, and his friend brought a new air conditioning filter. After the air conditioning maintenance, the air quality started improving. It was one of the best parties most of us had ever attended.